(Literary
Review award winners). A collection
of 18 novels, all in first editions or first American editions. Various places:
Various publishers, 1993–2010.[SOLD]

 The Literary Review’s Bad Sex in Fiction award, presented since 1993, goes to the
year's worst, most risible sex scene in a contemporary novel. It’s one British book award no one
wants to win — but all the authors represented here did exactly that. (The award itself, according
to Wikipedia, “depicts a naked woman draped over an open book,” abstract '50's-style.)

This collection of first editions covers the entire range of the award’s
history: a total of 18 novels published from 1993 through 2010, many of which
appeared in short print runs and are now hard to come by. Some are the authors'
first books (Giles Coren, Iain Hollingshead, Philip Hook ); some are by authors
who continue to labor in relative obscurity, while others are by those having
more robust reputations (Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe); six are signed. Included
here are Iain Hollingshead, whose Twenty Something made him the youngest
recipient of the award to date, and A.A. Gill, possibly best known for his feuds
with chef Gordon Ramsay and the Isle of Man.Make your own puns on that last!

 The list below is in CHRONOLOGICAL order. All books are in very
good to fine condition; individual notes apply as present. And, thoughthis
gathering is being sold only as a collection, we do have duplicate
copies of some titles  the interested should feel free to enquire. (29101)

 First edition of Hollinghead's first novel, with publisher's
press release laid in. This novel won the "Bad Sex in Fiction" award in
2006. Upon
accepting the award he remarked he hoped to win it every year!